Assessing the origin of Neotropical mountain dung beetle assemblages (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): The comparative influence of vertical and horizontal colonization

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1793-1803

  Escobar, Federico ^a,b,c   Lobo, Jorge M ^d   Halffter, Gonzalo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE RECURSOS BIOLÓGICOS ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colombian Andes; Colonization; Dung beetles; Elevational gradients; Historical factors; Mountain assemblages; Scarabaeinae

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANALYTICAL METHOD; BEETLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVERSITY INDEX; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOUNTAIN REGION; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PITFALL TRAP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANDES; CORDILLERA ORIENTAL [ANDES]; SOUTH AMERICA;

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEINAE;

EID: 33748620947     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01528.x     Document Type: Article

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